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Hooked_on_books
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USGS geologist Wendell Duffield was assigned to the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory 1969-72. Here he gives a little history of the HVO, some of his personal stories, and very accessible vulcanology. He shows how studying the extremely active Kīlauea has helped scientists better understand other volcanoes. Fascinating and fun book!

Graywacke I like your globe thingy 🙂 (edited) 3w
Hooked_on_books @Graywacke Thanks! I was very excited to find it. It‘s a lava globe rather than a snow globe. It makes me smile. 2w
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KCofKaysville
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Good account but TMI if you just want 1906 SF events only. A lot on plate tectonics, new geology science, and details on the Richter Scale. A bigger quake is coming at any time!

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DebinHawaii
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Went through all of my library renewals on this one so I finally finished it up last night to return today. If you‘re a stone geek & like learning about the history of things, you‘ll probably enjoy this book with about 60 essays about different rocks from jasper to opal to lapis lazuli to moonstone. Although I skimmed some stones & sections more than others, most of the essays are pretty interesting & it‘s a beautiful book.💎🪨🩶

DieAReader 🥳Great 1mo
Crazeedi Have this one on my tbr 1mo
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KCofKaysville
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Starting to read about great earthquake of 1906.

bibliothecarivs I should read that. My wife's great-grandfather lived through it. 1mo
KCofKaysville @bibliothecarivs Hoping it is good. It may give you TMI on tectonics etc. I heard the old movie with Clark Gable has some good effects in it. 1mo
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jenniferw88
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Lindy I read this one slowly, just one or two stones at a time. I think you are correct that it‘s better in print. 2mo
Librarybelle I have such a hard time listening to nonfiction. I can listen to memoirs and travelogues, but everything else…I prefer print. 2mo
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jenniferw88 @Librarybelle I'm the opposite - I find my mind wandering if I listen to fiction, unless it grips me from the beginning or the narrator is good. I still prefer print over audio, though! 2mo
Librarybelle I love how everyone responds differently to books and formats! 😁 2mo
jenniferw88 @Lindy, I think I should have only read a few stones at a time, too! 2mo
TheAromaofBooks Great progress!! 2mo
Crazeedi @Librarybelle so funny because non fiction is easier for me to listen to! 2mo
Crazeedi I'm going to look for this one! 2mo
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Lindy
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I took my time (9 weeks—the maximum library renewals) to make my way through this collection of stories about all kinds of different rocks. Geology, mythology, ancient texts, contemporary social history, philosophy and more are encompassed in this fascinating collection.

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Lindy
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Dyers‘ lists of the late 16th century reveal such appealing shades as sheep‘s colour, motley, new sad colour, puke (a blue-black), devil in the hedge (off-red), pease porridge tawny, and goose-turd green.

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Grand Canyon | Jason Chin

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Grand Canyon | Jason Chin
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Grand Canyon | Jason Chin

This book would be great to read with students in first all the way up to adulthood. It could be used in science or social studies class and you could read specific pages to match a specific topic. You could read the book and have students research the different landscapes of the Grand Canyon or have students research another national park.